.OVERALL SOLAR eclipses have blown away individuals due to the fact that opportunity out of thoughts. The initial record of one, protected on a clay tablet located at Ugarit, right now in Syria, is strongly believed coming from its age and also site to define either an eclipse that happened in 1375BC or one in 1223BC. Epic descriptions for eclipses feature the Sunlight being consumed by dogs, frogs or even monsters. The fact is much more prosaic. Eclipses are triggered by the Moon moving in between Sunshine as well as The planet in a way that projects a darkness on portion of Earth's surface area. Why are total ones, like the one crossing portion of The United States on April 8th, thus uncommon?